The next morning for photos, 2–3 days for video.
No - just book a photographer visit and provide the lockbox code. You can enter it when you make an appointment in our booking system, email it to RealPropertyPhotographer@gmail.com or text to 416-854-8327.
Most residential shoots take 1-2 hours depending on property size. Video may require more time.
Two things to consider. First, most lease listings use amateur phone photos with crooked verticals, poor composition, inaccurate color casts (yellowish or bluish) and lack of light — but that's exactly why your listing with professional high-quality visuals will dramatically stand out from the competition. Second, you can reuse these photos for future lease listings or even when you sell the property, making the original investment negligible.
Most often 30–40+. It depends heavily on the property — for a small condo without amenities, it can be 20, and for a large house or a condo with multiple amenities, it can easily reach the MLS maximum of 50 photos.
The photographer shoots exactly as many angles as needed to showcase the property in the most flattering way — wide-angle and detail shots for mood, plus informative ones showing how rooms connect. If we forced more photos than necessary, we'd have to dilute the strong angles with "filler," lowering the overall quality of the set. If you want a specific number anyway — no problem, just let us know.
We can deliver 50 photos even for a small property if there's enough to shoot (and we always aim for more valuable angles). Bigger houses don't necessarily mean more work — for example, a tiny condo often takes much more time and effort if it has multiple amenities and requires photographing a high-rise building from different angles from a distance. Anyway, for a huge house, we can't deliver more than the same 50 photos due to the MLS limit.
In regular photos, details in very dark and very bright areas get lost due to a camera’s limited dynamic range. HDR (High Dynamic Range) solves this by taking multiple shots of the same scene at different exposures, which are then merged. Normally exposed shots form the base. Underexposed shots capture bright details (windows, lamps, chandelier details) that would otherwise be just white spots. Overexposed shots reveal shadow details that would otherwise be just black spots, and emphasize wood grain and upholstery textures. The result exceeds the human eye’s dynamic range, making photos look magically beautiful. Most real estate photographers take three shots — bright, normal, and dark. But we take five — very bright, bright, normal, dark, and very dark. That amplifies the effect. Today, HDR is the industry standard. But this alone is not enough — the unique quality of OUR photographs lies in how the HDR images, created by merging shots with different exposures, are then edited.
It's a video created from still photos using AI. We used this method initially but then switched to real camera filming. AI video is quicker to produce (you'll get it the next morning with the photos) and still looks great online. It uses the same "movements" that form the basis of real video (push in, pull out, slide left/right, orbiting), and it's more than enough to create a modern, "teaser-style" video that sparks viewer interest in the property and a desire to book a showing. AI video has the advantage of inheriting the HDR look from photos — no video camera can provide such a dynamic range. It also eliminates the need for additional video recording time, which can be important if you're present at a photo shoot. If you'd like AI video instead of a regular one, just let us know.
Yes! Good photography matters for any listing, but it's especially crucial for this type of property. Our shooting and editing tech "turns lemons into lemonade", significantly boosting showing bookings.
Please ensure the property is clean and decluttered. Open blinds/curtains, remove personal items and clutter, make beds, clear countertops. Outside, hide garbage bins and remove cars from the driveway. If you're there when we arrive, turn on ALL the lights. For a detailed checklist, click the Home Preparation link at the top.
Yes, though we recommend minimal staging and decluttering for best results.
Absolutely! We shoot commercial properties, offices, retail spaces, and industrial buildings. Please check out our Commercial Portfolio.
For interior shoots, we proceed as planned, and you get the photos next day. For exterior, we will come again ASAP when the weather improves. This second visit costs $50 in addition to the bundle price. If you don't need the photos urgently, it's better to wait a day or two until the weather gets nicer so we can take all the photos in one visit.
No! Drone shots are a powerful marketing tool for beautiful homes in modern neighborhoods, especially near a lake or a park. But if the exterior of the house or its surroundings will not create positive emotions for your clients, drone will work against you.
During rain, snowfall or strong wind.
We will immediately shoot and deliver all photos except the drone. When the weather improves, we will come again and shoot with the drone, and you will add these images to the listing. This second visit costs $50 in addition to the bundle price. If you are also ordering drone video, then the entire video will be delivered 2–3 days after the drone shoot.
Yes. We use professional drones from the "over 249g" category, which require a license and drone registration.
We use professional full-frame cameras with wide-angle lenses. For detail shots, we use a manual lens from 1980s still called "the king of bokeh". For video, we use an electric stabilizer to ensure perfect verticals, and an electric slider to produce smooth constant-speed cinematic movements.
